Karen Gavigan, Kat Kan, Esther Keller, and Christina Taylor, joined LibraryPass’ John Shableski for a lively and insightful conversation about the comics medium and why it has become so popular, particularly amongst younger readers.
LibraryPass and bibliotheca announce partnership to make ComicsPlus available to public libraries; San Diego Public Library leverages unlimited, simultaneous access model to support One Book One San Diego program.
Join us on Tuesday, November 24th at 7pm ET (4pm PT) for this free webinar where our panel of distinguished educators and librarians—Karen Gavigan, Christina Taylor, Kat Kan, Esther Keller—will discuss how the comics medium works and why it has become so popular, particularly amongst younger readers. They’ll answer the questions librarians and educators frequently have about comics, as well as those asked by parents who don’t believe comics count as “real” reading.
The global popularity of any entertainment medium can usually be traced to either an artist, a group of artists, or a defining movement. In the case of the Japanese comics medium most commonly known as Manga, that defining moment belongs to one of the most prolific storytellers in the history of comics. Manga has a face and it belongs to Osamu Tezuka.
Jerry Craft, Tracy Edmunds, Grace Ellis, Talia Hurwich, Rossie Stone, Anthony Zuiker, and John Shableski have a lively conversation about developing empathy with comics and graphic novels.
Our American History/Historical Fiction list of comics combines great nonfiction and fiction titles related to America’s past and present that will engage readers through individual experiences that put the larger historical and political landscape they are studying, and inheriting, in context.
LibraryPass, Inc. is pleased to announce three recent additions to its full-time staff to support accelerating growth for ComicsPlus in the K-12 and public library markets. The team’s newest members include Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Chief Content Officer; Raquel Ryan, MSEd, Chief Experience Officer; and Moni Barrette, MLIS, Director, Collection Development & Publisher Relations.
How do we learn about people’s lives we’ve never met? Books have introduced every generation to unfamiliar cultures and experiences, expanding our understanding and appreciation of the diverse world we live in. At their best, the people we meet and places we visit in books can help us develop empathy for ourselves and others by providing immersive perspectives of other experiences.
ComicsPlus’ collection of Social & Emotional Learning titles is intended to help foster empathy for self and others by providing immersive perspectives on relatable situations. It includes titles for every age range focused on dealing with the types of hardship, adversity, and emotional obstacles many young people are facing today.
From the very first sequential comic strip published in the Hearst New York American on February 16, 1896, the medium broadly referred to as “comics” has steadily evolved into a variety of formats that combine text and images to tell engaging stories of all kinds. From comic strips to webcomics, to comic books and manga to graphic novels—the medium offers just as many genres as traditional fiction and nonfiction books, and its popularity has grown exponentially in recent years with audiences of all ages.
We curate high-interest, immersive digital content that helps schools and libraries expand and diversify their collections—without breaking their materials budgets.
Give your readers unlimited, simultaneous access to a diverse collection of digital comics, manga, and picture books from dozens of library-friendly publishers.
